Dutch, I don't know if this will help you get started but give it a try. It's how my Buddy and I used to play it. Good luck.

C C7 F C
Fare thee well, my own true love.
C G
I'm leavin' the first hour of the morn.

C C7 F C
I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico and
C G F C
maybe the coast of Californ.
C G7 F C
So, fare thee well, my own true love.
C G7
We'll meet another day, another time.

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It's not the leavin' that's grievin' me,
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but my true love whose bound to stay behind.